The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not
written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOHN F. ACKERMAN,
VENKAT S. VENKATARAMANI,
IRENE T. SPITSBERG, BRETT A.R. BOUTWELL
and RAMGOPAL DAROLIA
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Appeal No. 2006-2027
Application No. 10/735,370
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DECIDED: AUGUST 24, 2006
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Before KIMLIN, PAK, and GAUDETTE, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-7,
9-11, and 13-17. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A method for preparing a protected article, comprising
the steps of providing the article;
depositing a bond coat onto an exposed surface of the
article; and
producing a thermal barrier coating on an exposed surface
of the bond coat, wherein the step of producing the thermal
barrier coating includes the steps of
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